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| Fred Thompson: wry, sly, and dry |
| 2008-01-03 |
| The Anchoress Thompson is sly, wry and dry. He dares to mock and sneer at the absurd posturing and pretending that constitutes modern political campaigning which has become nothing more than spin and illusion, void of authenticity and substance. I don’t know if I am ready to say “he’s my guy.” I think it’s too soon to say that about anyone. But I do note that Mr. Thompson is fast to correct the media when they blather-at-will about him; that’s certainly refreshing. And I note that he and Giuliani seem to be the only folks on the GOP side who make the other side squirm, which tells me they are perceived to be the only candidates who can give them real competition. And frankly, just watching Huckabee and Romney these past weeks, I’m inclined to agree - I don’t think anyone else from the GOP-side can overcome the Democrats and their friendly press. Romney still strikes me as too-groomed by half, and Huckabee as too slickly cynical; both ooze something I just don’t like. So, I’m going to focus on Fred and Rudy. Unless something interesting develops elsewhere, I believe I am currently intrigued most by “Freeman Fred,” who works to please no one and seems almost inconoclastic in his disdain for the excesses of the modern political process, and by “Rudy the Ready” who, as a New Yorker, I know, value and trust. . . . I can’t wait until the Iowa and New Hampshire (where everyone can vote) cartoons are over and the real races begin. |
| Posted by:Mike |
| #13 I'd vote for that ticket, eLarson! |
| Posted by: Barbara Skolaut 2008-01-03 23:21 |
| #12 10 more months... |
| Posted by: Crazyhorse 2008-01-03 23:05 |
| #11 I took one of those "Which candidate matches your views" questionaires and came up matched closest to Duncan Hunter, with Fred right there behind. Given that I don't think Duncan Hunter is going to leap to the head of the class, I'm supporting Fred. How about Michael Steele as a Veep pick? |
| Posted by: eLarson 2008-01-03 22:10 |
| #10 Vote Huckabee-Hillary for the social-conservative, High-tax nanny-state! New symbol for socialist republicans is a Sheep. |
| Posted by: Bright Pebbles 2008-01-03 20:56 |
| #9 Thompson aligns closer to me than any other. I like him. Rudy is also good choosing. |
| Posted by: newc 2008-01-03 20:19 |
| #8 Is Michelle on drugs? I dunno. I always respected her work until she took this slant against Thompson. Being against a candidate is fine, but don't publish every rumor/lie/hope as fact against only one or two people. I have lost most of my respect for her work. |
| Posted by: DarthVader 2008-01-03 20:02 |
| #7 Ima thinkrn Thompson-Hunter Duncan should be a VP or SecDef |
| Posted by: Frank G 2008-01-03 19:47 |
| #6 I'd be delighted with a Giuliani - Thompson ticket. I wonder if the two could work together. |
| Posted by: Classical_Liberal 2008-01-03 18:52 |
| #5 ... that troglodyte crap that you wrote. Go away until you manage to evolve an opposable thumb. If I'd use ad hominem, I wanna do it with such a skill as OldSpook does! ;-) |
| Posted by: twobyfour 2008-01-03 18:43 |
| #4 Michelle Malkin and HotAir's Allahpundit have become anti-Thompson smear merchants. they republish all the Politico's smears and lies about Thompson, uncritically, then do not bother to correct them when proven wrong. Is Michelle on drugs? Trophy wife? I think not. Just becuase a good looking woman marries a politician does not mean she's is a bimbo. Lets see, she's over 40, has kids with him and is a Lawyer with her JD degree and passed the bar. What are your comparable qualifications? Hmm? McZoid you are a fripping moron if you honestly beleive that troglodyte crap that you wrote. Go away until you manage to evolve an opposable thumb. |
| Posted by: OldSpook 2008-01-03 18:23 |
| #3 I detect some envy from some folks. At least he was single and dating when they met. |
| Posted by: Throger Thains8048 2008-01-03 18:12 |
| #2 The trophy-wife factor will kill Thompson's campaign. He doesn't have a chance. "So, in seeking the nomination of my own party, I want to say something a little unusual. I'm asking my fellow Republicans to vote for me and not only for what I have to say to them, but for what I have to say to the members of the other party, the millions of Democrats who haven't left the Democrat Party so much as their party's national leadership has left them." -- Fred Thompson Don't count on it, McZoid. |
| Posted by: DarthVader 2008-01-03 18:05 |
| #1 The trophy-wife factor will kill Thompson's campaign. He doesn't have a chance. |
| Posted by: McZoid 2008-01-03 17:30 |